We investigated how the knowledge capabilities of industry incumbents affected the generation, development, and performance of “spin-outs” (entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees). Analyses of 1977–97 data from the disk drive industry supported our hypothesis that incumbents with both strong technological and market pioneering know-how generate fewer spin-outs than firms with strength in only...

The parts manufacturing companies should select a proper strategy according to their current and future environmental conditions and capabilities to survive and thrive in competitive market. To help the companies to select the best strategy the current paper proposes a model. The model is developed using a number of strategic tools, including TOPSIS, SWOT analysis and Six Paths Framework to For...

Purpose It is well established in marketing literature that international performance positively affected by capabilities, whether static or dynamic. However, recent theoretical development proposed adaptive capabilities (AMC) as a set of able to close the gap. Given relative newness this construct, empirical studies are still scarce. Therefore, drawing from resource-based view perspective, stu...

Marketing departments face with a deluge of data that leads to trouble to organizations to comprehend and use. Organizations must either change static approaches or upgrade capabilities with adaptive ones to survive in the market place as leader and live more than competitors. In this study, adaptive marketing capabilities have been examined, and developed a conceptual frame work to shed light ...

d: m.a. of business management. university of isfahan . [email protected] e: isfahan university of medical sciences , [email protected] knowledge as one of the greatest factors in creating value and competitive advantage, has led organizations to show great tendency toward programs of knowledge management. understanding the relationship between infrastructural capabilities and process c...

In recent years, the power systems of many countries have been restructured. Different models of electricity market emerged. A simulator that can serve as an educational tool, an evaluation tool, and a training tool would especially be useful for countries that are contemplating restructuring. A power market has significant requirements on platform independent and interactive capabilities, In t...

In the following paper, a new innovative design in which simple and effective components are utilized in a circuit that enhances the capabilities of the portable power banks available in the market is discussed. Components such as DC voltage regulators and USB cable have been used to create a circuit that has more utility compared to products available in the market. It offers additional advant...

Over the last decade outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows and stocks from the emerging economies expanded dramatically. This aggregate trend is reflective of the fact that at the firm level technological capabilities and market share of many TNCs from the emerging economies (ETNCs) have become progressively stronger. Samsung for example has become market leader in the production of th...